Dancing On Ice 'fix row' months before final as fans spot alarming trend

Dancing On Ice returns successful a fewer months and up of the motorboat it's already been announced that Love Island prima Chris Taylor has been paired up with six-time finalist Vanessa Bauer

Fans of Dancing connected Ice (DOI) person shared that 1 pairing for the adjacent bid hasn't travel arsenic a surprise, with it suggested by immoderate that the pro gets an vantage each year.

The new series of the ITV amusement is acceptable to motorboat successful January and volition diagnostic celebrity contestants including Love Island prima Chris Taylor, 34. The world TV prima revealed this week that he's been paired with nonrecreational skater Vanessa Bauer, 28.

The caller bid marks Vanessa's eighth connected DOI, with her having joined the amusement backmost successful 2018. She's won erstwhile and has reached the last connected six occasions overall. Most recently, she placed arsenic runner-up for a 5th clip earlier this year.

Vanessa won her archetypal bid with X Factor vocalist Jake Quickenden, past 29. She past placed arsenic runner-up with Love Island's Wes Nelson, past 20, and Diversity dancer Perri Kiely, past 24, successful the pursuing 2 bid of the show.

She was paired with Emmerdale's Joe-Warren Plant, past 18, successful 2021 but they withdrew conscionable weeks into the series aft helium tested affirmative for Covid. Vanessa was runner-up again with erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing prima Brendan Cole, past 45, the pursuing year.

The nonrecreational skater reached the last erstwhile again past twelvemonth erstwhile partnered with the Only Way Is Essex's Joey Essex, past 32, placing second. Earlier this year, she was runner-up for a 5th clip erstwhile partnered with Made successful Chelsea formed subordinate Miles Nazaire, 28.

There's previously been speculation of 'favourism' implicit who Vanessa is paired with and pursuing the quality that she's present been partnered with Chris, immoderate fans suggested that helium fits an evident trend. It's been claimed that she often skates with "young" contestants - contempt Brendan, whom she was paired with successful 2022, being 1 of the oldest connected his bid - and those who are skilled connected the ice.

Sharing their thoughts, a instrumentality wrote connected Instagram this week: "What a shocker she ever gets the young bully skaters." Another said: "She needs an aged stiff idiosyncratic for once." Someone reacted: "Give her a twelvemonth disconnected oregon a challenge." A 4th said: "Again with the young bully looking skater."

Someone other wrote: "This makes maine deliberation [Chris is] fibbing astir not being that bully connected the crystal due to the fact that Vanessa ALWAYS gets a good'un!" Another questioned: "Is it successful her declaration to get the young bully looking lads?" Whilst 1 instrumentality teased recently: "Lol of people [they're] paired together."

Others teased that they had expected the concern erstwhile the formed were announced. One instrumentality wrote: "Absolutely called it erstwhile it was announced [Chris was] doing it." Another said: "I knew you'd beryllium partnered together." Similarly, a 3rd instrumentality wrote connected the platform: "We called it from time 1."

There's been overmuch excitement implicit the pairing though from others and immoderate fans person defended Vanessa amid the commentary. One wrote: "[She's] large astatine her trade and possibly the crushed wherefore she has bully dancers each twelvemonth is due to the fact that of her teaching? It doesn't conscionable boil down to looks and that she gets each the 'good' ones. She shapes them into being good!"

Chris shared his thoughts implicit being paired with Vanessa earlier this week. Alongside a bid of photos and a video showing the brace astatine an crystal rink together, Chris wrote: "Bloody DELIGHTED to accidental maine & Vanessa are skating unneurotic connected @dancingonice 2025 …swipe to spot however successful sync we are(n't…yet. I'll judge 51% work for that)."

He continued successful his post: "Quivering with excitement to commencement skating with V-force & larn immoderate benignant of grace/decorum (& perchance amended my inactive quaver similar posture). Message to aboriginal Vanessa - I'm sorry. This volition marque consciousness successful astir a week (long/short - I'm rather annoying)."

Vanessa was among those who reacted successful the comments conception of his station connected Wednesday. She wrote successful effect to her skating partner's station connected the level conscionable a fewer days ago: "SO SO happy! Let's get working."

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